Sydney Olympics medallist dies after shooting

Sydney Olympics silver medallist Noe Hernandez has died of a heart attack in central Mexico, two weeks after being shot in the head in a bar.

The 34-year-old died on his way to hospital after he suffered two heart attacks in his home, the Mexico state government said in a statement.

Hernandez, who won silver in the 20km walk in 2000, was at a bar called Queen of Kings on December 30 when gunmen opened fire, killing two people and wounding three including Hernandez, who lost his left eye as a result.

No-one has been detained in the case so far.

Hernandez was sports secretary for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico state.

Bars are often raided by gang members in Mexico, a nation beset by a drug war that has left more than 60,000 people dead in the past six years.